Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Buffalo Bills

Before kickoff

TB

44%

BUF

56%

Predicted winner

BUF

Confidence

57%

Snapshot

In-season walk-forward

Stored from information available before kickoff in a walk-forward historical simulation. Kickoff did not publish this pick publicly at the time. Not betting advice.

Final

32–44

Winner BUF. Kickoff was correct.

Why the model leaned this way

Model contributions (standardized feature × coefficient). Not causal explanations.

• Home field+0.3 BUF
• Rushing defense−0.2 TB
• Rushing offense+0.1 BUF
• Passing efficiency−0.1 TB